Falanouc  (Eupleres goudotii)

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Glossary

  • Carnivore: flesh-eating.
  • Crepuscular: active at dusk and/or dawn.
  • Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.
  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Hibernate: hibernation is a winter survival strategy characteristic of some mammals in which an animal’s metabolic rate slows down and a state of deep sleep is attained. Whilst hibernating, animals survive on stored reserves of fat that they have accumulated in summer.
  • Insectivores: members of the order Insectivora, a group of small, primitive and typically nocturnal mammals that feed on insects.
  • Invertebrates: animals with no backbone.
  • IUCN/SSC: the IUCN Species Survival Commission: a network of volunteer experts working together towards achieving the vision of ‘A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity’.
  • Nocturnal: active at night.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
  • Taxonomists: scientists who classify organisms, grouping together animals which share common features and are thought to have a common ancestor.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Garbutt, N. (1999) Mammals of Madagascar.Pica Press, Sussex.
  3. CITES (December, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Nowak, R.M. (1999) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  6. Schreiber, A., Wirth, R., Riffel, M. and Van Rompaey, H. (1989) Weasels, Civets, Mongooses, and their Relatives: An Action Plan for the Conservation of Mustelids and Viverrids.IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
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